December 2024 - Page 2

Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness program staff meet with Windsor Green residents

December 13, 2024

by Lisa Franklin

On December 7, Andrea Becerra and Lauren West of the Acton sustainability department spoke with residents of the Acton Housing Authority at Windsor Green about extreme weather-related disasters and residents’ concerns about recovering from such events. The event, which took place in the neighborhood’s community room, was one…

Acton Exchange preparing to add calendar feature, recruiting calendar volunteers

December 13, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

Early in 2025, the Acton Exchange Team will be rolling out a new calendar feature, using technology available on the WordPress platform we use to produce our online newspaper. The new calendar will allow Acton Exchange readers to control how they view information about events and to search…

Standing room only for Madrigals at Acton Memorial Library

December 13, 2024

by Miriam Lezak

On Sunday afternoon December 8, about 60 people came to Acton Memorial Library to hear carols and songs by the Acton Boxborough Regional High School Madrigal singers. The Madrigals, dressed in Renaissance-era garb, sang a variety of songs for the season, including some carols (traditional and less traditional),…

The Bulletin Board

December 13, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

The Acton Exchange team is working towards a new calendar function that allows more flexible and powerful access to Acton-relevant calendar information. In the meantime, short notices of upcoming events are published in the Bulletin Board. For now, email your Acton-relevant calendar notice (<150 words) to calendar@actonexchange.org Your…

West Acton Village Holiday Stroll draws festive crowds

December 13, 2024

by Greg Jarboe

On the first Saturday of December, the Acton community comes together to explore various organizations across West Acton. Local businesses and organizations invite everyone to visit their locations throughout the day, making holiday shopping convenient and enjoyable. This year’s West Acton Village Holiday Stroll featured a visit with…

Senior Center holds vintage holiday tea party

December 13, 2024

by Greg Jarboe

The Acton Council on Aging (COA) held a Holiday Tea Party at the Senior Center on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, and 70 seniors (aged 60 and over) celebrated the season in style. Acton’s Chief of Police Chief Jim Cogan, a 40-year veteran of the Acton force, also attended.…

Doug Tallamy speaks (virtually) at conservation meeting in Acton

December 13, 2024

by Greg Jarboe

The Middlesex Conservation District (MCD) held its annual meeting in the Faulkner Room of the Acton Town Hall on Dec. 9, 2024. The event featured a virtual presentation by Dr. Doug Tallamy, Professor of Agriculture at the University of Delaware, discussing his recent book, Nature’s Best Hope. Dr.…

New Eagle Scouts in Troops 12 and 32

December 7, 2024

by Tom Wolf

Scouts do hard things. That was the informal theme of the Troop 32 and Troop 12 Eagle Scout court of honor on November 20 where the two troops recognized five new Eagle Scouts. The ceremony, led by scout emcees Soham Kalavagunta and Ronita Shukla, began by introducing Scoutmaster…

Erikson’s Grain Mill expands

December 7, 2024

by Jeff Brown

One of the oldest continually-operating businesses in Acton, Erikson’s Grain Mill, has doubled its retail space. The grand opening, held November first, showcased the larger area with a full selection of bagged dog food and horse feed, and bigger items such as dog crates that were previously difficult…

Silver Girl restaurant announces opening

December 7, 2024

by Jeff Brown

Two-fifty-one Arlington Street in West Acton is about to be born again. The restaurant Silver Girl opens December 20 after months of preparation by the owners Dawn Aguiar and Tamara Deluzio, who also own Eve and Murray’s at the other end of West Acton center, right below True…

Short stories by Joan Leegant featured at Congregation Beth Elohim book discussion

December 7, 2024

by Matthew Liebman

Two unprepared teenagers trapped in a small restaurant in the old city of Jerusalem. A skeptical and unlikely grandfather invited to a Hanukkah party by his daughter. These are the kinds of situations in which Joan Leegant’s sometimes disaffected characters find themselves, in her recently published collection of…

Acton-Boxborough to compete on Season 16 of High School Quiz Show

December 7, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

High School Quiz Show, GBH’s Emmy award-winning academic tournament for Massachusetts high schools, has announced the 17 teams that will compete on Season 16, including Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, which last won in season 5. The top 17 teams earned the highest scores on a written quiz at…

Changes in Economic Development bill break down barriers for immigrants

December 7, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

BOSTON – On Nov. 14, State Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Marlborough) and State Representative Danillo Sena (D-Acton) voted in favor of a sweeping economic development bill which included a measure that will remove the citizenship requirement to securing a restaurant liquor license, a priority that both worked towards. The…

MassDOT Holds Public Meeting Regarding I-495/Route 111 Bridge Replacement

December 7, 2024

by Boxborough News

(5-DEC-24) On Tuesday, November 26 the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) held a public information meeting on the replacement of the Massachusetts Avenue/Route 111 bridge across Interstate 495. About 30 people, both in person at the Grange Room at Town Hall and on Zoom, heard from representatives of…

The Bulletin Board

December 7, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

The Bulletin Board The Acton Exchange team is working towards a new calendar function that allows more flexible and powerful access to Acton-relevant calendar information. In the meantime, short notices of upcoming events are published in the Bulletin Board. For now, email your Acton-relevant calendar notice (<150 words)…